Face Mask Duck

Dan · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: MFAZ-27

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Height
21 cm
Material
Wood, leafdelatay pigments

Mask Dan of griot with tubular eyes covered in a thin tin plate and mouth with pronounced lips forming a kind of duck beak. The mask…

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Mask Dan of griot with tubular eyes covered in a thin tin plate and mouth with pronounced lips forming a kind of duck beak. The mask seems to be speaking, as the word is the main function of the griot.

Further technical information
Attributed period
Mid-century XX

Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.

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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.

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